$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event Day 2 | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

12-15-2007 17:23 UTC+11

Recent Eliminations

The following players have all been eliminated from the tournament, each receiving $8,000 (AUD) in prize money:

52: Danny Huynh
53: Leonard Melia
54: Luigi Apreda
55: George Marks

12-15-2007 17:20 UTC+11

Joseph LoRusso Eliminated in 56th Place

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Joseph LoRusso, Julius Colman and Trong So Dao were all in pre-flop with the following hands:

Joseph LoRusso: {J-Clubs}

Julius Colman: {8-Spades}

Trong So Dao: {A-Spades}

The flop brought {A-Clubs}

and Dao had flopped a full house, leaving both his opponents drawing virtually dead. The {3-Spades}

on the turn and {10-Diamonds}

on the river left Colman crippled and eliminated LoRusso in 56th place. Dao now has around 390,000 in chips.

Tags: Joseph LoRusso Julius Colman Trong So Dao

12-15-2007 17:19 UTC+11

Suzy Khouiss Finds Another Double Up

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Suzy Khouiss has doubled up once again, holding pocket fives against the pocket rockets of Danny Huynh. A five on the flop gave Suzy a set and she is now up to about 150,000 in chips

Tags: Danny Huynh Suzy Khouiss

12-15-2007 17:15 UTC+11

Aleks Lackovic raises pre-flop and Lee Nelson re-pops it in position. Lackovic then pushes all in over the top and Nelson is left with a major decision to make. He thinks for several minutes, eventually laying down the hand. Nelson is down to 175,000 chips while Lackovic moves to 290,000.

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12-15-2007 17:11 UTC+11

Grant Levy Bad Beat But Not Too Costly

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Grant Levy is relieved that his opponent was only short stacked when the following hand went down:

Levy: {9-Clubs}

Opponent:

The flop came {9-Diamonds}

and Levy had flopped a full house! Unbelievably the turn and river came {A-Clubs}

and Levy's full house had been counterfeited and the pot was pushed to his opponent! Levy was quite relieved that the pot was only worth 30,000 chips!

Tags: Grant Levy

12-15-2007 17:02 UTC+11

We're In The Money...Finally!

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The bubble has finally burst at the hands of Karib Karib.

After frustrating his table with constant overbets, Karib Karib finally finds some resistance Steve Wise who held pocket kings. Karib held {9-Hearts}

and was going to need some help, but amazingly the flop arrives {J-Hearts}

and Karib has flopped the nut straight. The turn is the {J-Diamonds}

and river

and Steve Wise is terribly unlucky to be eliminated on the bubble.

The poker area erupts into applause as the remaining 56 players now head into a well deserved 10 minute break with an extra AUD$8,000 in their pockets.

Tags: Karib Karib

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

12-15-2007 16:50 UTC+11

Karib Karib Flashing Aces

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In successive hands, players have raised from late position and Karib Karib has come over the top with his big stack to force his opponents to a make or break decision for all of their chips. Each time his opponent folded and Karib flashed an ace before adding the chips to his impressive stack.

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12-15-2007 16:39 UTC+11

Patrick Fletcher Aggressive On Bubble

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Patrick Fletcher is getting aggressive around the bubble and has slowly built his chip stack up to over 110,000 in chips.

12-15-2007 16:24 UTC+11

Money Bubble

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With only 57 players remaining we are officially "on the bubble" as the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand. The next unfortunate player to be eliminated will walk away with nothing while everyone else in the room will be guaranteed at least AUD$8000.